The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-15
SAN BKANNAN
viii, u,IIion- 10 Hi- credit he Is
,cd,sdi an a Ui-"rabtc Garrett.

Up to the tul'" va
lodoingh,u,e on commercial street,
4ho eutrarce to which is oruancntCd
with y Transparency bcsrrg the in
scriptiou "singe rooms 2oc, 25c, Soc
and 5ocn reporter climbed last eve
ming.
A,tbe head of the first hight OF
stairs immersed in the wreck Of
bmoe easy chair, sat 3 diminuIve look
;ng individual, whom the reporter iHr
tened upon as possible clerk and
asked If Colonel sam Brannah was
,topping of the "hotel.'
Tho little man looked with a pleas
OH, smile and wInked as though 10
say. You can't chsti me, old boy
On repeat, inquiry, however, thc
clerk was induced to consult a grcas!
lookinp book. and finally made - dis
,ovory which elected the remark
AWhy, yes; now remember. there's
a, old rooster named BranuAn been
here siuce Monday, but he ain't no
Sam Brannan.
"Very well, said the scribe, team
ace him"
"Why, OF couree. Room q, second
Aigb,; head OF the stairs; can't miss n,
plenty Of light sll the way up
The reporter continued his course
M two flights Of Gimiy lighted -',dt-
and tapped gently at the d,tr :
room nine
Al the invitation TO enter he opcuc Il
tho door aud found himself IN q
wrotcAedly furnished apartment,
without carpet and lighted by mis
erable little lamp without " chimney.
On the bed, -cantily covered lay
none other than the famous Col sam
Branuau, VINO first arrived in thi-
city, via Cape Horn, in July, lsid, only
two weeks after the celebrated bear
flag had been hoisted, aud who has
since been the maker and loU-er OF
at least u halt dozen large fortunes.
Afer stating his busiic-s the repor
ter was tod by the colonel that owing
to an attack OF paralysis which had
seizcd HIM about five years ago, he
MAS compelled to retire ut sunset and
get up at sunrise, al Il thAt unless he
did So he ielt most uncomfortable.
II have returned smd the colonel,
"aftcr All eight years absence from my
old home, and don't think I shaIl
ever leave the state again, il can
help it,
Mr.. Brsunan proceeded TO say that
for the past two years he had been cn
gagged III colonization scheme IN 81
moro, Mexico, and that the surveying
had been very recently completed
The maps and field work we're
fat L. a = Il ,,Il
warded to the central government.
The titles, deeds aud legal possession
are now TO bc given by the autborl
ties to purchasers. During the entire
time that the survey was being made,
which extended over period OF two
years and halt, the country was cou
stantly disturb, Il by Apache troubles,
snd the survey was proceeded with
only under the greatest difficulties.
The colonel expects to receive newe
today that the surveys have hecn reti
ned and that everything is satisiac
tory to the Mexican government. by
tho terms OF the contract, Colonel
Brannan and associates are to receive
one.third of the land surveyed. But
then said Colonel sam, with a know
ing smile, "the land has to be sold yet,
you know"
In regard to his claim OF over SlQ,-
100000 against the Mexican govern
Inent for supplies furnished them in
their war of 1866, Mr.. Brannan states
that the Mexican government had
fully acknowledged It and that he
had received about $4,000 OF il, but
that TIE chances tor getting the bal
ance during his lifetime were very
slim.
The Mexican government, according
to the colonel, Is miseraoly poor ami
the officers, from President Disz
down TO tho numblcst subordinates
donate half their salaries to the
country.
Col. Braunan states that the MeXl-
can government Ia on the eve OF II
serious war with the Naqui and Mayo
Indians in the state CT sonora These
Indians occupy n territory extending
along the seacoast ninety miles and
reacnIng forty miles inland. Tn,
government sent surveyors to thit
tract to divide the land up into tami
ly tracts. The laqus objected t
this and are in state OF muUuy. /
gave the Indians ninety unN III Wnicl
20 come up and receive the land a
directed by tic government, and thi'
IL is certain the natives will not do
The ninety days are up this month
aud as, in case the Indians still hole
out in their refusal, the governmcn
will take measures to force them t'
submit, there is no doubt in the col
onel's mind that a bloody war vii
result. The laqui and Mayo Indians
the colonel says, are superior to th'
MeXlcans. The railroad people pa.
the indians 81 30 per day, while tn
pay OF the average Mexican is but 4
cents In conclusion, Col. Brannat
stated that he will try the climate o
San Diego TOR about Il year. rs h
considers san Francisco too cold an
fogsy tor his complaint. VIII
Mexico the colonel is done, us no say
nnlnss Ia il coInppllpl tn 90 the re Ol